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English noun: planetary nebula

1. planetary nebula (object) a nebula that was once thought to be a star with its planets but is now thought to be a very hot star surrounded by an expanding envelope of ionized gases that emit a fluorescent glow because of intense radiation from the star


Broader (hypernym)nebula









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